Eric Lawton reviewed Land of the headless by Adam Roberts
Review of 'Land of the headless' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Goodreads' description of this book is just a fraction of the plot. It is, as with all Roberts' previous books, a multi-threaded social commentary. In this case about the military/prison/industrial complex in a hierarchical state as well as the story of an individual caught up not only in that but his own delusions of love and guilt (his own and another's). The bizarre "science" part of the fiction is almost a distraction but serves to emphasize our own collective illusions about crime and punishment.
Although it deals with serious themes, I found it hard to put down as there are unresolved plot twists that kept my attention long after I should have been asleep for the night.
(That's the last of the Roberts books I have on my shelf. I read them all, for the second time, in a few weeks. I'll take a break before I see if the …
Goodreads' description of this book is just a fraction of the plot. It is, as with all Roberts' previous books, a multi-threaded social commentary. In this case about the military/prison/industrial complex in a hierarchical state as well as the story of an individual caught up not only in that but his own delusions of love and guilt (his own and another's). The bizarre "science" part of the fiction is almost a distraction but serves to emphasize our own collective illusions about crime and punishment.
Although it deals with serious themes, I found it hard to put down as there are unresolved plot twists that kept my attention long after I should have been asleep for the night.
(That's the last of the Roberts books I have on my shelf. I read them all, for the second time, in a few weeks. I'll take a break before I see if the library has the more recent ones.)